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MayMay 5 Monday 08
Hmmm....
It's incredibly odd knowing that I don't have to get up for work tomorrow morning, and it's not because I took time off. I'm hoping to hear from a certain place this week about a job that I interviewed for. It's a great company, with really good job security, which is …
Never underestimate
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I do so like Ron Paul, but he is definitely a dork, as am I.
Grand Theft Asshole
We have spoken at length here about an emerging type of gameplay known as Asshole Physics. Max Payne 2 was one of the first games that featured a physics engine and we used it to knock over trash cans in a police station and annoy a secretary. …
MayMay 1 Thursday 08
Orquid Close up
photo © Oscar Murillo for openphoto.net CC:Attribution-NonCommercial
HP Discovers Potential "God Particle" of Electronics
HP Discovers Potential "God Particle" of Electronics | Popular Science
Memristor could enable instant-on PCs, massive data storage and computers that think like humans
"DVD Talk Review: Mannequin & Mannequin 2: On the Move
DVD Talk Review: Mannequin & Mannequin 2: On the Move
So here's where we were as a nation in February of 1987: Hollywood asked us if we'd like to see Andrew McCarthy and Kim Cattrall in a comedy about a hapless artist who falls in love with a department store …
AprilApr 30 Wednesday 08
Sex Education Should Begin At Birth
Newsvine - Sex Education Should Begin At Birth
One might think that in an evolved, educated, first-world nation, the issue of "sex ed" would have been settled long ago. After all, what could be more important than teaching children about their own bodies, and …
Religion a figment of human imagination
Religion a figment of human imagination - being-human - 28 April 2008 - New Scientist
Humans alone practice religion because they're the only creatures to have evolved imagination.
For a Pinball Survivor, the Game Isn't Over [2]
A range of companies once mass produced pinball machines, especially in the Chicago area. Now there is only Stern Pinball Inc. in Melrose Park, Ill.
via NYT
I think this is a shame really. I've always loved pinball. I was the kid at the arcade who walked past …
AprilApr 23 Wednesday 08
Interview
I had another interview Monday after work. The prospects of this one seem rather good. They've already been calling my references and my former employers, and the warehouse manager seemed impressed with my previous experience.
The job is a shipping/receiving clerk, …